She Prayed For Bread, But Not For Butter

1901

Olivia was visiting her grandmother. Olivia's grandmother had money to burn. So have Olivia's father and mother. Although the father and mother had come to the wicked city of New York to burn some of their money, leaving Olivia with grandmamma in the west, they are nevertheless very good people. Olivia is well acquainted with the Lord's Prayer. One morning she climbed into bed with her grandmother and began to make conversation.

"At home," she said, "we often pray God to bring us bread."

"Do you?" said grandmamma. "And butter, too, I suppose?"

"Oh, no!" said Olivia airily. "The butter man brings the butter." — New York Sun.